When the ants die do you have to get rid of this? Do you have to replace the gel?
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You can either throw away the entire thing or just the dead ants and replace the gel.
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add a large bloob of petroleum jelly Vaseline on the hook where they climb on tot the feeder. Works for me the ants can't cross the petroleum jelly
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I had ants inside and sprayed outside and they went away. As long as it doesn't pour down the day you put it down it shouldn't matter. Reapply every 3 months.
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It is a one time use. The ants will tunnel continuously and they also consume the gel. This is one of the coolest things I ever bought. I highly recommend it. The ants are really amazing creatures. Get harvester ants if possible.
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I have had mine for a year now and it still works great! I have only had to use it one additional time since the original application. Haven't seen an ant.
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Yes, disappears/gradually evaporates/dries up. Whatever you want to call it, the amount of gel continues to go away until there's not much left. I moved and threw it out before it was completely gone (or dried out) so I can't tell you what the final stage looks like. I ended up throwing mine out because I could barely smell anything after a few months.
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These ants were so small I didn't really worry about it it. I know it seems a little gross but my understanding is that the ant carry the poison back to the colony and then they slowly die off. Unless you can find where the colony is you will have to deal with this with any product.
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I cut the top of the tip off just enough to release the gel I then applied just a drop were I saw the ants running it only requires a small drop my ants were going into the light switch and plug outlets place a small drop where you think they are coming from it is very stickie so try not to touch it took just two applications to solve the ant problem that was about 6 months ago ikeep my fingers crossed hopelully they wont come back after I finish I put a toothpick in the end of the tube to seal that seems to hold ok good luck hope this info helps you
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Sand, but not "real" sand. You add water and it becomes a proper environment for the ants. It's nothing like gel. Hope this helps!
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I wouldn't recommend buying this product as it did not work for me at all. My problem was ants though and I used the following product. Not sure if it would help you or not. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Q3QQNC/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_13
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The original version of this product killed them. The label says it does but the recent EPA guidelines forces Terro to create a less toxic blend of chemicals. This means it doesn't kill Ants anymore, they just find another route out of their colony. If you have a fire ant colony, this will keep them from coming out the entrance you spread it on, but they'll most likely just move the entrance a few feet or a few meters. To eradicate, you may need a homemade solution that is less environmentally friendly. I've sprinkled this dust directly on carpenter ants and fire ants outside the colony. Both didn't like it, but they ultimately survived and so did the colony I tried to block entrance to. This is more for taking care of the areas where they force a huge mountain of dirt onto your lawn, than for dealing with the reason it got put there.
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No. The gel turns into liquid when the soil gets dry and dissolves. There is a separate tube to hold the gel (slimy, but sausage-shaped out of the plastic wrap)--you replace another gel pack in the tube when it's empty. Each gel pack lasts a while, even longer if you water it (or is exposed to rain).
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Of the 60 ants that we received about six weeks ago, only a couple have died. It seems that the other ants move them to a corner of ant farm to make a graveyard. They go on with their other activities. Opening the top to let O2 in makes them very active, and one time a few escaped. I may have pinched one when I closed the top, and this may have contributed to one ant's early demise. At this point, I'm not sure if an ant will die here and there or if the entire colony will expire at some end point.
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It's possible, this poison, dries them out from the inside. If the ants eat it or get it on them, it should kill them. If you spread it around their nest that should help but keep it away from animals and children. I spread it in the backs of cupboards and underneath drawers.
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Yes, I've used this many times. About 90% of the time the ants carry it off. A couple of times they've ignored it. I think this is protein based and most of the time the ants go for it. If they take it and they don't seem to reduce in number, put more down.
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Greg, In general its not a wise choice to spray any kind of concentrate for ants. The reasons are many but the big one is that they can detect most any active. And once they detect it, they'll stay off the treated surface and avoid where its been applied. This will usually force them elsewhere and essentially complicate the situation. And since the ants you see represent less 10% of the local nest, even if you did kill all the ones you see it wouldn't solve the problem. So what do you do? Well for starters, don't spray inside the home. Instead use a bait. Something like Maxforce Ant Gel or Optigard Ant Gel. These options will readily be accepted by any foraging ant and within a few days, be brought back to their nest and once ingested, kill a bunch of the colony. At the same time you should spray the homes exterior with a "non repellent" active such as Phantom, Optigard Flex or Dominion. These actives won't be detectable by the ants and in turn, they'll readily walk over the treatment. This will allow them to "transfer" the active to other members of their colony so when the active finally does "kicks in" and goes to work, it will kill most if not the entire nest. That will usually happen in 3-4 days following the initial application. The good news is any ants surviving this will in turn know to stay away from the old ant trails for fear of something "bad" in the area so even if you don't kill them all, the non repellents will usually take care of the problem by forcing them elsewhere. Give us a call if you need more advice; its kind of hard to explain all of this via a post. Cheers, Jonathan Customer Care U-Spray Bugspray
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Some accidentally get "stuck" in the bait and cannot get out no matter how hard they try. Not to worry, many others circle the bait puddles you put out and gorge on it and then they all go away to die. I'll see 50 ants around those puddles I put on paper or cardboard and after 24 hours they are gone. Once the puddles get hard they are not interested anymore.